Law Offices of Joseph C. George, Ph.D.:
Helping you reclaim the power.

Professional Malpractice Claims

California Psychiatric Malpractice Lawyers Guiding You Every Step of the Way

Most mental health care professionals make great efforts to provide their
patients with the best possible care. They treat their patients with dignity
and respect. They are honest with patients. They help patients to cope
better, feel better, and do better in life. Unfortunately, there will
always be practitioners who cause a tremendous amount of damage instead.

At the Law Offices of Joseph C. George, Ph.D., we do our part to help victims
obtain justice and to hold careless, negligent, and intentionally abusive
mental health care professionals accountable for the damage they have caused.

Examples of psychiatric malpractice that can provide the basis for a lawsuit include:

Ignoring or missing obvious clinical signs that a patient might pose a
danger to themselves (suicide) or others

Engaging in sexual relations with current patients or within two years
of terminating treatment

Failing to properly diagnose and treat a patient's conditions

Abusing patients emotionally, psychologically, or financially

Restraining a patient inappropriately (false imprisonment)

Prescribing the wrong medication or wrong dosage

Failing to obtain the informed consent of a patient

Violating a patient's privacy rights

Joseph C. George holds a Ph.D. in psychology and practiced in the field
for more than a decade before founding his law firm in 1986. In his career
as an attorney, Dr. George helped write some of the same laws that apply
to mental health malpractice cases like these. Our psychiatric malpractice
lawyers in California can aggressively fight for the fair and full compensation
to which you are entitled.

Call (916) 623-4914 for a Free Consultation

You placed your trust in a professional who you had no reason to believe
could not be trusted. What happened after that was not your fault. We're
here for you now. California has a one-year statute of limitations that
applies to most malpractice claims, so please speak to an attorney as
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To schedule a private consultation, call (916) 623-4914 at any time,
day or night — or contact our California psychiatric malpractice attorneys online.

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